Last updated: 28 October 2026
Elizabeth Power is the St Leonards-on-Sea artist behind bright, loose paintings of seaside scenes, flowers and still lifes. Here you will find our take on her work, where to see Elizabeth Power now, how to buy one of her paintings, and her small acrylic in this year’s War Child auction.
Our take on Elizabeth Power
Power paints the south coast the way she would like it to look. Terraces, deckchairs, jugs of flowers and palm trees all arrive in coral pinks, deep blues and acid yellows. Colour comes first for her. “I love vibrant colours; I am a colourist. Colour is my priority, and my painting subject is secondary,” she told RyeZine.
Her War Child piece, The Wind Changed, is a small still life in acrylic. A white jug with a red blotch and a red-and-white striped handle holds a loose bunch of yellow, pink and white flowers. Beside it stands an empty wine glass. The table is a peach cloth with thick navy stripes, set against a pale green wall and a band of teal.
That loose finish is deliberate. She trained in fashion illustration, where you may have seconds to catch a model on the catwalk, and she still sketches fast. “I’m drawn to things looking free and loose and not necessarily a hundred per cent finished,” she told RyeZine. So the small panel is a fair sample of what she does on bigger canvases.
Elizabeth Power: the essentials
- Born in 1988, according to Janet Rady Fine Art. She grew up in Surrey and now lives and paints in St Leonards-on-Sea, near Hastings.
- Studied for a BA in Fashion Illustration at London College of Fashion, UAL, from 2007 to 2010.
- Worked in London galleries for Kenny Schachter, Albion Gallery and Nelly Duff before going freelance as a painter, as she told RyeZine.
- Had a painting in the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition in 2018. The RA also used her work on posters and gift cards.
- Co-founded the artist collective Babes in Arms with Annie Mackin, and co-hosts The Artfully Podcast.
- Her lot CV lists works in the collections of Soho House, Home House and Club Quarters Hotels in London.
Where to see Elizabeth Power now
- Coming up: Sound & Vision 2026, a War Child charity auction online from 27 October to 12 November 2026, with the works on view at Iconic Images Gallery, London, 6 to 8 November. The piece is The Wind Changed (2026), acrylic on plywood canvas, 15 x 21 cm (5.9 x 8.3 in), lot page.
- The Shape of Light (group), Well Hung Gallery, Hoxton Street, London, 17 September to 17 October 2026.
- Inside Out (group), the winners’ exhibition of the Cot Open, where she was a finalist, August 2026.
- Coastal Calm (solo), 99 Projects, Kensal Rise, London, 23 March to 23 April 2023, as covered by Creative Boom.
How to buy an Elizabeth Power painting
There are no Elizabeth Power prints listed for sale in the UK right now. Her originals sell through galleries and the artist:
- The Wind Changed, 2026: a small acrylic on plywood canvas in the War Child Sound & Vision auction, bidding from £100 until 12 November 2026 (bid here).
- Paintings: through Janet Rady Fine Art, price on request.
Elizabeth Power FAQs
Where is Elizabeth Power based?
In St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex. She moved there from London shortly before the first lockdown in 2020.
What does Elizabeth Power paint?
Seaside scenes, flowers and still lifes in strong, bright colour, often from her own photographs of the south coast.
Can I buy an Elizabeth Power print?
Not at the moment. Her original paintings are available through Janet Rady Fine Art on request.
Where can I see her work in London?
Her War Child piece, The Wind Changed, is on view at Iconic Images Gallery from 6 to 8 November 2026.
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Main image: Elizabeth Power in her studio. Courtesy the artist, via The Wick. Cropped and framed by CoolCuration. Exhibition dates, prices, auction results and market figures last checked: 28 October 2026.
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